But then they sent me an email trying to sell me a $3k package that includes a "starter experience education pkg, an expert experience education pkg, homework assignments" and other marketing material. 

@Albert Hernandez there is a whole section in the education tab, with various articles.

You start with a "salesperson's license" then after a period of time and some courses you can take a test to become a broker and open your own agency.

In the end, it never helped me because I don't invest locally.My advice would be this: 1) Continue educating yourself on all things real estate using the BP podcast and forums.

A tax year is an annual accounting period for keeping records and reporting income and expenses.

I spent 30+ years in Washington State and have had some involvement with DSHS (although not with housing).My advice to you: 1) Everything the state does takes three times as long as it should and three times as much paperwork as it should.  2)  You will probably have to attend some indoctrination -- I mean class -- either on-line or in person.  3) Your tenant will be endlessly "educated" on their rights and will have free legal representation. 4 ) Just when you think you know the rules and try to play by them, an administrator will come up with an "ETR" -- Exception to Rule. 

Congrats on the investment property goal Steve Kim - there’s certainly a ton of useful info on this blog to help educate you and give you the blueprint for employing the BRRRR strategy.

It is called Substantially Equal Periodic Payments(72t distributions) the amount you can take out with out tax penalties can be calculated 3 different ways to suit your needs and meet your spend rate. 

Often, they hold educational events that you'd find valuable, like seller-financing or probate workshops.

My next question is since the area is small and I’m going to be using either PML or HML how do I factor in the waiting period after the house is fixed?